Certified Substance Abuse Counselor

Position Overview

Compassionate Substance Use Counselor Needed! Substance abuse counselor will be in charge with assisting patients through medically assisting treatments and offering techniques for handling opioid addiction. Counselor conducts individual sessions to assist with crisis management and coping strategies. Counselor will evaluate patients’ progress during counseling and collaborate with doctors, nurses and other counselors to assist the patients’ achieving overall outcome.

• Provide individual counseling services; direct service hours at regularly scheduled intervals; coordinate all services throughout treatment.
• Conduct individual initial assessment and evaluation interviews for service eligibility determination.
• Complete Bio-psychosocial assessment.
• Facilitate, establish and review with each patient the initial treatment plan.
• Involve families and significant others in patient’s recovery process whenever possible.
• Respond, as needed, to patient grievances and complaints.
• Develop aftercare plans and discharge plans.
• Other related duties as determined by supervisor.

• CAC II, CAC III, or LAC or LPC, LMFT, LCSW.
• A minimum of two years of counseling experience in a related setting is preferred.
• The ability to develop comprehensive treatment plans and chart accurately.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Salary ranges from $25.78 to $26.78 an hour.

The salary of the candidate(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, experience, education, specialty and training.

• 401K match
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Accident Injury, Hospital Indemnity and Critical Illness Plans
• Company paid Short & Long Term Disability
• Company paid Basic Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Bereavement Leave
• Flexible Sick Time
• Employee Referral Program

BAART Programs, a Bay Mark Health Services, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization is committed to the highest quality of patient care in a comfortable outpatient clinic setting. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.

Bay Mark Health Services is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws.